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  2. Aequorea victoria - Wikipedia

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    Aequorea victoria, also sometimes called the crystal jelly, is a bioluminescent hydrozoan jellyfish, or hydromedusa, that is found off the west coast of North America.. The species is best known as the source of aequorin (a photoprotein), and green fluorescent protein (GFP); two proteins involved in bioluminescence.

  3. Green fluorescent protein - Wikipedia

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    Thus, the jellyfish may change the color of its bioluminescence with depth. However, a collapse in the population of jellyfish in Friday Harbor , where GFP was originally discovered, has hampered further study of the role of GFP in the jellyfish's natural environment.

  4. Aequorea vitrina - Wikipedia

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    Aequorea vitrina, commonly called the crystal jellyfish, crystal jelly, lampshade or disk jellyfish, [2] is a species of hydrozoan in the family Aequoreidae. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The specific name vitrina means " glassy ", due to its transparent appearance; it should not be confused with Aequorea victoria , which is also sometimes called the crystal jelly.

  5. Jellyfish - Wikipedia

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    A common Scyphozoan jellyfish seen near beaches in the Florida Panhandle. Most jellyfish are marine animals, although a few hydromedusae inhabit freshwater. The best known freshwater example is the cosmopolitan hydrozoan jellyfish, Craspedacusta sowerbii. It is less than an inch (2.5 cm) in diameter, colorless and does not sting. [120]

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    Mayo Clinic states that most jellyfish stings, unless severe symptoms are also present, can be treated by: Carefully plucking visible tentacles from the skin with fine tweezers Soaking the skin in ...

  7. Bioluminescence - Wikipedia

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    Bioluminescence is the emission of light during a chemiluminescence reaction by living organisms. [1] Bioluminescence occurs in diverse organisms ranging from marine vertebrates and invertebrates, as well as in some fungi, microorganisms including some bioluminescent bacteria, dinoflagellates and terrestrial arthropods such as fireflies.

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